Hey Tom, that thing looks as cool as havin a 25 inch Tool,see ya sunday
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Hey Tom, that thing looks as cool as havin a 25 inch Tool,see ya sunday
hay tom.. i got ideas for a registerable 'ultralite' motard frame..
Honestly, this thread is an inspiration mate, I don't have the same skills as you and never will. But reading threads like this one makes me want to get in the garage and work on my fighter. Outstanding!
Cheers mate:)Quote:
quote:Originally posted by rod185651
Honestly, this thread is an inspiration mate, I don't have the same skills as you and never will. But reading threads like this one makes me want to get in the garage and work on my fighter. Outstanding!
That's the dogs Tom, love it.
Insane, I luv it!
ze muttz nuttz
This Rz project hit a wall when the owner lost interest and moved up north leaving me with a half completed bike and a couple of grand wasted. So, its been shoved in the storage shed for the meantime while i get on with building my bike, an 88 gsxr 1100 with busa front end, busa rear wheel and a custom frame and swinger based on 750 geometry..
We just bought a new place and ive finally got a shed i can work out of so all my shit came home from the workshop so i can spend my free time drinking beer and making crazy shit in the comfort of my own home. I also have a new job with a rediculous roster (two days, two night, six off) which gives me heaps of shed time..
So, finally, this is my shed, and this is my project..
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1289559458.jpg
The frame is only a dummy to get the geometry and bend angles. I have a pile of chromolly to build the final frame, im hoping even enough to make two..
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1289622660.jpg
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1289569949.jpg
http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1289565406.jpg
Oh, i need some bearing cups made for the headstock, anyone got mad latheskills?? Ivan??
Fuck thats cool! Good to see ur up n runnin again man!
Thats going to be awesome man!
Keep the photo's up!
Bags not doing the shims....:(
Looks good mate ;)
Oh yea! that could be a problem hey?Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Hillsy
Bags not doing the shims....:(
Send me a drawing of what you need, I'm ok at round stuff:DQuote:
quote:Originally posted by Azrael
Oh, i need some bearing cups made for the headstock, anyone got mad latheskills?? Ivan??
Ahh see this is the kinda feedback i need and entirely the reason for doing a dummy frame first, well spotted man. So more clearance for removing the cam cover eh. That i can do, cheers mate!Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Hillsy
Bags not doing the shims....:(
Looks good mate ;)
Fucken awesome, im back on shift sunday but ill measure everything when i get off next week and send you a drawing.Quote:
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Send me a drawing of what you need, I'm ok at round stuff:D
Going off on a bit of a tangent here but one thing that has been holding me back from building frames has been the cost of tube bending. Whilst i do have access to a tube roller the majority of bends found on bike frames are quite tight mandrel bends. In the past i have just made jigs up, applied heat and bent everything by hand with a pretty good success rate if you dont count that time i set myself on fire.
Now that im working much like most of you, out of a small backyard shed with limited space for such luxuries as somewhere to fart i have been trying to think of ways to do shit that dont take up valuable fart space, like tube bending.
On most my days off you can cram the usefull thoughts that pass through my head into the arse crack of a dust mite and still have room for dead skin but occasionally when i can stop thinking about boobs i come up with something usefull. So here it is, the bunkiest way to bend tube under 32mm by hand..
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...hoto201-52.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...hoto205-22.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...hoto201-82.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...hoto202-91.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...hoto203-52.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...hoto203-52.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...hoto204-51.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...hoto202-51.jpg
Yes, astoundingly, something i dreamed up actually works. You can thank beer for that one.
As you can see, its a piece of pipe with the desired radius jammed between some plate off cuts. In order for this to work properly and bend your tube without crushing it you will have to follow one simple rule. The tube must be snug when you feed it into the bender on all sides, there can be no play or free movement. That way when you give it a bit of what for and bend it the sides of the tube cannot spread or flatten out.
When you are done bending the tube, due to the tight nature of the fit you will have to hit the tube out of the bender with a hammer (so leave a bit of green on the tube as it may mushroom over from hammer abuse)and a liberal dose of crc helps move things along nicely.
This is my shitty first attempt at a tube bender and whilst its probably limited to pipes sub 32mm with a 2mm wall thickness (unless you're a second row'er for the all blacks or chuck norris)i have plans to build one to handle 40mm tube to do bigger sportsbike frames utilising an old hydraulic press i had layin around.
Oh, there was a point to bending that tube up other than to serve as a guide to you chaps and while its not a streetfighter its a paying job from a real customer.
This is the first of three frames im building utilising old dirtbike motors for retro bobber looking things. This one is a DR650..
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...tumble/dr1.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...tumble/dr2.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...tumble/dr3.jpg
http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/...tumble/dr4.jpg
Hope this was of some use to you..
Fucken awesome, im back on shift sunday but ill measure everything when i get off next week and send you a drawing.Quote:
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Send me a drawing of what you need, I'm ok at round stuff:D
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Pipe bender looks good bud, Did you send the drawing of the parts you wanted.
I've been really slack lately and pushing jobs aside.
How are you going to go for reg? Being a custom frame and all....
Over here all you gotta do is an engineers report then get of of the approved goverment signatories to sign off on it and your away. Ive seen some of the custom frames theyve signed off on and the welding was pretty fucken ordinary to say the least so im pretty confident it shouldnt be an issue.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by latheboy
How are you going to go for reg? Being a custom frame and all....
Its pretty sad what you can and cant do with a bike considering the guidelines for hotrod builders are so basic you can practically put an engine in a bedframe and theyll rego it.[V]
Pipe bender looks good bud, Did you send the drawing of the parts you wanted.Quote:
quote:Originally posted by latheboy
Fucken awesome, im back on shift sunday but ill measure everything when i get off next week and send you a drawing.Quote:
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Send me a drawing of what you need, I'm ok at round stuff:D
I've been really slack lately and pushing jobs aside.
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I havent sent the drawings through yet but i gotta get onto it, ill measure up the bearings and get something to you asap.